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john stossel a good guy. with focus on obamacare, no one is talking about the budget battles and talks that are ongoing. i see this is a real opportunity to get some growth in the economy. do you think that president obama and harry reid will seize this growth opportunity? >> no. stuart: thank you. my take is next along with john stossel. ♪ >> just in case you didn't know, snap chat is an app that deletes your photos after you send them. facebook tried to buy it for $3 billion and snap chat said no. and why is snap chat worth maybe more than 3 billion. plus, 3-d printed guns. they can get past metal detectors, big concerns for the feds. we've got that story for you. let this economy grow. set us free. expand the great american engine. give us 4% growth and you'll see jobs and prosperity. gee, do you think the president will allow us to grow like that? here is my take. short answer, no. he won't. he's going to ignore a golden opportunity. let me explain. democrats and republicans are negotiating a budget dea
john stossel a good guy. with focus on obamacare, no one is talking about the budget battles and talks that are ongoing. i see this is a real opportunity to get some growth in the economy. do you think that president obama and harry reid will seize this growth opportunity? >> no. stuart: thank you. my take is next along with john stossel. ♪ >> just in case you didn't know, snap chat is an app that deletes your photos after you send them. facebook tried to buy it for $3 billion and...
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john stossel will have new information on that. and then another embarrassment for the national football league, a player emotionally assaulting another player. now some very disturbing videotape that surfaced. we will show it to you and the factor do com [ male announcer] surprise -- you're having triplets. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you can get all the online trading tools you need without any surprise fees. ♪ it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> unresolved problem segment tonight, entitlement by fraud estimates as much as 25% of all the tax money that federal and state governments give entitlements to low income americans is misused. recently the cbs tv station in sacramento, california did undercover report on food stamp fraud. >> two people both with the same idea, use craig's list as free advertising to blatantly and illeg
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. >> and now, john stossel. >> what is real charity? some people are in trouble, say after a disaster, or simply when people are poor, americans' instinct is to think, how can government help? after all, who will help those people if not government? we libertarians argue private charity would step in, individuals freely choosing to help. but what enough of us help? most people say no. that's why literals like some columnists say when it comes to helping the needy, that's mostly government's job? well, listen, it would be great if people all reached into their hearts and solved all these horrible problems we have. but history teaches us that doesn't happen in almost every single case where there is a government program, it exists because the private efforts that you and i both admire weren't enough. >> well, it's because politicians said they weren't enough and we could do better. but i would argue that if government didn't take so much of our money, the private sector would take care of these problems. >> hold on a second. for instance,
. >> and now, john stossel. >> what is real charity? some people are in trouble, say after a disaster, or simply when people are poor, americans' instinct is to think, how can government help? after all, who will help those people if not government? we libertarians argue private charity would step in, individuals freely choosing to help. but what enough of us help? most people say no. that's why literals like some columnists say when it comes to helping the needy, that's mostly...
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many americans do not as john stossel reported when he went undercover. i ready to free load. >> i put on a fake beard and tried free loading in new york city. people gave me money. they gave me money when my cardboard sign said homeless and cold and even gave when i changed it to need a beer thank you. >> when we asked givers why they gave people said things like this. >> that guy looked pretty needy, i suppose. >> i just begged for an hour but i about well. if i did this for an 8 hour day i would have made the 90 bucks. 23,000 for a year tax-free. >> here now is stossel. what were you trying to get across in that report? >> i wasn't saying you can make a good living begging. i was trying to illustrate why all the people who work with the homeless say don't give them money. they are almost all, if not all scams. and you are national enabler. you are helping a guy with a drug problem or alcohol problem buy intoxicant. give to groups to help them. >> americans, would you say that we basically generally are a generous people. >> yeah, much more than other p
many americans do not as john stossel reported when he went undercover. i ready to free load. >> i put on a fake beard and tried free loading in new york city. people gave me money. they gave me money when my cardboard sign said homeless and cold and even gave when i changed it to need a beer thank you. >> when we asked givers why they gave people said things like this. >> that guy looked pretty needy, i suppose. >> i just begged for an hour but i about well. if i did...
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melissa: john stossel joins us now. they were hearing public and thinking free. >> they were in -- melissa: free. >> they were in a park so of courset has to be public. but this was, as it turned out a prive park, bryant park, not far from here that has been taken over -- melissa: bryant park is private park? i didn't know that. it is enormous. million things there, cool, fabulous i had no idea it was private. >> it is manage and funded by businesses around sit. since they dhat is no longer a slum. it is wonderful. they still have some street people but they also have 4,000 othereople so the st people don't threatennybody. melissa:hey have great events. also free. to me that was the sentiment that those people, a lot of them were thinking, well if it was private they would charge awe fortune to be here. that is not necessarily true. >> those libraries in california, run by a private contractor, it is free too. the city was spending millions on their libraries. they pay a million dollars a year less to this private compa
melissa: john stossel joins us now. they were hearing public and thinking free. >> they were in -- melissa: free. >> they were in a park so of courset has to be public. but this was, as it turned out a prive park, bryant park, not far from here that has been taken over -- melissa: bryant park is private park? i didn't know that. it is enormous. million things there, cool, fabulous i had no idea it was private. >> it is manage and funded by businesses around sit. since they...
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john stossel will have new information on that. and then another embarrassment for the national football league, a player emotionally assaulting another player. now some very disturbing videotape that surfaced. we will show it to you and the factor do coming right back. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. whether you're just starting your 401(k) or you are ready for retirement, we'll help you get there. millions have raised their hand for the proven relief of the purple pill. and that relief could be in your hand. for many, nexium helps relieve heartburn symptoms from acid reflux disease. find out how you can save at purplepill.com. there is risk of bone fracture and low magnesium levels. side effects may include headache, abdominal pain, and diarrhea if you have persistent diarrhea, contact
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john stossel will have new information on that. and then another embarrassment for the national football league, a player emotionally assaulting another player. now some very disturbing videotape that surfaced. we will show it to you and we will show it to you and the factor do com i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. whether you're just starting your 401(k) or you are ready for retirement, we'll help you get there. or treat gas with these after you get it. now that's like sunblock before or sun burn cream later. oh, somebody out there's saying, now i get it! take beano before and there'll be no gas. take beano before peace of mind is important when so we provide it services you bucan rely on. with centurylink as your trusted it partner, you'll experience reliable uptime for the network and se
john stossel will have new information on that. and then another embarrassment for the national football league, a player emotionally assaulting another player. now some very disturbing videotape that surfaced. we will show it to you and we will show it to you and the factor do com i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at...
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john stossel has a slightly different take on thanksgiving and here it is. you are not going to ruin the holiday for everybody, are you? >> no, let's be thankful to private property which made it possible. the pill grimtion almost starved. >> explain. >> the idea was that the colony would be a come moon and come moon. they could go out in the fields and everybody would say jeez, everybody else is working i don't. feel so good today, i will call in sick, i will get just as much stuff and they didn't grow enough food. >> they didn't grow enough food. >> so they would have starved. >> same thing happens in america with public parks. >> not so fast. so they are in trouble with this commune philosophy they brought from england, correct? >> the indians show up and help them and save them. >> they save them. they still nearly starve. >> gave them enough food indians private property over the stream. they had worked out systems of private property. and eventually governor william bradford came in and said boy, they are starving so we are going to do a new thing. we
john stossel has a slightly different take on thanksgiving and here it is. you are not going to ruin the holiday for everybody, are you? >> no, let's be thankful to private property which made it possible. the pill grimtion almost starved. >> explain. >> the idea was that the colony would be a come moon and come moon. they could go out in the fields and everybody would say jeez, everybody else is working i don't. feel so good today, i will call in sick, i will get just as much...
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♪ john: someone once came up to me on the street in new york and said, are you john stossel? has said the spd said to my hope you guys in. so what is this hatred about? it turned out he was what people call and anti-poverty lawyer and did things like sue landlords t. in his world here in new york capitalism is the enemy, and the only thing that keeps poor people from being totally impressed his government. so because i call for less government and evil. this town, we libertarians are selfish people. and a good guy is called a bleeding heart liberal. so what is this website about? bleeding heart libertarians. talks about social justice and free-market. georgetown university philosophy professor regularly contributes to the site. why? >> the idea is to recapture the soul of libertarianism. what they can and should do is embrace theonceptf social justice. john: what does the phrase even mean? i am for social justice. >> right. john: for a lot of people it does not meannything. it just means socialism. there is a real meaning. course of institutions that you expect other people t
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and john stossel will answer it. >> i'll answer it, but no, that's not charity. you're forced to pay taxes. charity is voluntary. so, wait a minute my money goes directly to poor people so they've got health care. isn't that a charitable act? >> that's like politicians saying they're being charitable with other people's money. no. charity is when you choose to commit an act of charity. government is forced, very different. stuart: okay, so i write a check to charity, hand it over, and then i get a tax deduction for the money that i've given to charity, right? . is it still charity? >> yeah because you chose to do it. stuart: so it's not charity if the government forces you to pay, but it is charity if you voluntarily give it, but also get a tax break at the same time? >> yes. [laughter] it's difficult for you. stuart: well, i know that it's a subject of your show tonight and i'm trying to get to grips with it. what are you saying about charity. >> we'll talk about where it's good to give and not good to give and to me, an interesting point about business people i
and john stossel will answer it. >> i'll answer it, but no, that's not charity. you're forced to pay taxes. charity is voluntary. so, wait a minute my money goes directly to poor people so they've got health care. isn't that a charitable act? >> that's like politicians saying they're being charitable with other people's money. no. charity is when you choose to commit an act of charity. government is forced, very different. stuart: okay, so i write a check to charity, hand it over,...
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john stossel has new information on that. and another embarrassment for the national football league, a player emotionally assaulting another player. disturbing videotape surfaced. we will show it to you. "the factor is coming right back. >>> unreso >> by some estimates perhaps as much as 25 percent of tax money federal and state governments give to americans is misused. the cbs station in sacramento, california did a report on food stamp fraud. >> two people both with the same idea use craig's list for free advertising to blatantly sell their state benefits. a woman wicalled lori tells our under cover producer about the brilliant idea to work the system. >> everybody thought i was crazy. other people brilliant, man. >> this guy called joe rolled up on a skate board showing us his cal fresh card he put up on facebook. he used that money for food he offers to sell us the card for $60 cash. he promise ts to give us his pi number so we can use his card to buy groceries at any store that accepts evt cards. joe freely admits he ha
john stossel has new information on that. and another embarrassment for the national football league, a player emotionally assaulting another player. disturbing videotape surfaced. we will show it to you. "the factor is coming right back. >>> unreso >> by some estimates perhaps as much as 25 percent of tax money federal and state governments give to americans is misused. the cbs station in sacramento, california did a report on food stamp fraud. >> two people both with...
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♪ john: someone once came up to me on the street in new york and said, are you john stossel? has said the spd said to my hope you guys in. so what is this hatred about? it turned out he was what people call and anti-poverty lawyer and did things like sue landlords to stop them from evicting people. in his world here in new york capitalism is the enemy, and the only thing that keeps poor people from being totally impressed his government. so because i call for less government and evil. this town, we libertarians are selfish people. and a good guy is called a bleeding heart liberal. so what is this website about? bleeng heart libertarians. tas about social justice and free-market. georgetown university philosophy professor regularly contributes to the site. why? >> the idea is to recapture the soulf libertarianism. what they caand should d is embrace the concept of social justice. john: what does the phrase even mean? i am for social justice. >> right. john: for a lot of people it does not mean anything. itust means socialism. there is a real meaning. course of institutions tha
♪ john: someone once came up to me on the street in new york and said, are you john stossel? has said the spd said to my hope you guys in. so what is this hatred about? it turned out he was what people call and anti-poverty lawyer and did things like sue landlords to stop them from evicting people. in his world here in new york capitalism is the enemy, and the only thing that keeps poor people from being totally impressed his government. so because i call for less government and evil. this...
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. >> and now, john stossel. >> what the help is libertarianism? i didn't know when i started reporting. i was just one more liberal. i knew there were republicans and democrats and that was closer to us college students and there was crazy people. but i had no idea there was an actual movement of thinking people who want to have a principle as a founder liberty and limited government. who knew. took me a long time to wake up. the good news is more people have woken up and most americans think the government is doing too much. good. after i woke up to the stupidity and destructiveness of ch big government i stumbled across this libertarian magazine it's motto free minds and free markets. this is what it taught me most about the benefits of liberty. the editors are jik gill leprosy and matt welch. >> i think we should start talking about the libertarian era it is upon us. what has opened people's ideas or minds up to libertarian ideas is the 21st century. it has been a demonstration project of how republicans and conservatives can screw things up ov
. >> and now, john stossel. >> what the help is libertarianism? i didn't know when i started reporting. i was just one more liberal. i knew there were republicans and democrats and that was closer to us college students and there was crazy people. but i had no idea there was an actual movement of thinking people who want to have a principle as a founder liberty and limited government. who knew. took me a long time to wake up. the good news is more people have woken up and most...
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business host and mad al toussae circumstances wax figure john stossel reminded us why the lady its should pay more. >> you ought to be able to charge people who use the services more, more. >> women go to the doctor much more often than men. maybe they're smarter or maybe they're hypochondriacs, they live longer, who knows. >> stephen: yeah, lady, ladies, come on. ladies, ladies love going to the doctor. who knows why. maybe they're pretending they're extras on "grey's anatomy". i don't know. they're suckers for that stuff. at fox news chief urologist dr. david sumati gives us a real world example of the lady's doctor addiction. >> that's not-- she is sees her doctor, when was the last time you went to seat doctor. >> twoiers ago. >> exactly. >> and you. >> i have had lyme disease for the last ten days. >> so that's what happens, so you are basically paying for it. >> that's what happens. women get bitten by an insect, they get lyme disease am a pan gets bitten by an insect, he becomes a superhero. not fair. (laughter) (applause) >> stephen: not fair. and folks it's no wonder the brown ha
business host and mad al toussae circumstances wax figure john stossel reminded us why the lady its should pay more. >> you ought to be able to charge people who use the services more, more. >> women go to the doctor much more often than men. maybe they're smarter or maybe they're hypochondriacs, they live longer, who knows. >> stephen: yeah, lady, ladies, come on. ladies, ladies love going to the doctor. who knows why. maybe they're pretending they're extras on "grey's...
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john stossel hits the street to find out literally. >> can i get a beer? >> i'm a beer drinker myself. >> yeah, thank you. okay. a buck. that will get me half way there. >>> want to save the world. john stossel says for all its good intentions no washington bureaucrat better bang for a buck than a charity spending that buck. at the present time the season of giving would you give this manimony. >> thank you. >> would you give this man. >> thank you. >> that's me. don't give money to beggars like me. >> i'm told governments must spend more. >> medicaid and medicare will produce poverty. >> does government really help the poor? >> yes. everybody in cleveland minority got obama phone. >> by any measurement, this isn't working. >> i'm glad more people have figured that out. even the singer bono. >> commerce, entrepreneurial capitalism takes more people out of poverty than aid. >> even some in the mainstream media. >> if you are waiting for the government, you are going to be in for an awful long wait. >> wow, if they get it, maybe soon more people will realize
john stossel hits the street to find out literally. >> can i get a beer? >> i'm a beer drinker myself. >> yeah, thank you. okay. a buck. that will get me half way there. >>> want to save the world. john stossel says for all its good intentions no washington bureaucrat better bang for a buck than a charity spending that buck. at the present time the season of giving would you give this manimony. >> thank you. >> would you give this man. >> thank you....
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. >> hands now john stossel. john: the idea of sharing, communal property. it does lead to what economists call the tragedy of the comic. the tragedy because nasty things happen when everyone on something. i first heard that phrase and a story about some shepherds who live around a grassy area they call the commons. of the shepherds shared this free green grass and they grab as much s possible. captain breeding sheep. many more to raise. soon all te grass was gone. the sheep died. the shepherd said nothing. so then they debt divided it into parcels. now each one owned one. each had an incentive to limit the number that grazed on his grass. prosperity happened. everyone lives happily ever after. okay. is not quite that simple, but we should think about this today on thanksgiving. this week school children were taught, it's a day of sharing. pilgrims and indians shared the fruits of the harvest, but that misses the point. most of their teachers don't even know. thanks to sharing the programs almost starved. george mason university economist brush roberts as th
. >> hands now john stossel. john: the idea of sharing, communal property. it does lead to what economists call the tragedy of the comic. the tragedy because nasty things happen when everyone on something. i first heard that phrase and a story about some shepherds who live around a grassy area they call the commons. of the shepherds shared this free green grass and they grab as much s possible. captain breeding sheep. many more to raise. soon all te grass was gone. the sheep died. the...
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>> we're going to ask john stossel that right now, host of "stossel" on the "fox business" network. if you make something private, is it better all the time? >> no. but the beauty is if it isn't, they get fired. the government never fires itself. so over time, they tend to be better. in the case with the library, this is a private company. there are about 90 libraries and they are better. they save the city money, like a million dollars a year less than they were spending running it themselves. it's open longer. they have more librarians. you can check a laptop out of a vending machine. they just are more efficient. >> they're innovative. >> they innovate 'cause they have to. >> just like private business. there are some things, though, that should remain under the purview of the federal government. >> look, the constitution says the military, policing, the courts, the post office, that's the job for the government. so fine. frankly, much of the military is already private. the cbo says if halliburtoner weren't in iraq, they would have to pay three people to do what one halliburton
>> we're going to ask john stossel that right now, host of "stossel" on the "fox business" network. if you make something private, is it better all the time? >> no. but the beauty is if it isn't, they get fired. the government never fires itself. so over time, they tend to be better. in the case with the library, this is a private company. there are about 90 libraries and they are better. they save the city money, like a million dollars a year less than they were...
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we're talking about john stossel. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> are you suggesting that the people who are begging for money on the streets, we should not give them money? >> yes. it's not i who am suggesting that. the people who work with the homeless say don't give them money. it's a bad thing. you're an enabler. yoenabling their alcohol or drug habit and far better to -- if you really think they're for real and most are not, to try to help them get to one of the social service agencies. >> i think people do like seeing exactly where their money is going. this actually brings me to the next point. you say there are a ton of charities out there that really aren't putting the money where their mouth is, right? you have ones we should -- >> most of the money on fundraising and officers salaries. i give to charities that i can observe personally. but there are also -- which is one way to check. and there are also charity rating services like charity navigator and the better business bureau. they help. it's no
we're talking about john stossel. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> are you suggesting that the people who are begging for money on the streets, we should not give them money? >> yes. it's not i who am suggesting that. the people who work with the homeless say don't give them money. it's a bad thing. you're an enabler. yoenabling their alcohol or drug habit and far better to -- if you really think they're for real and most are not, to try to help them get to one of the...
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john stossel joins us now to explain. happy thanksgiving. >> happy starvation day. >> tragedy of the commons. what do you mean by that? >> the phrase came from england originally where they said, let's share the commons. everybody brought their sheep to graze there. soon there was no grass and the sheep all died. the principle of the commons, like the song and everywhere i can get people to sing that song, is that parks, they're good 'cause they're public and we share it. but when you think public, i think public toilets. when people share something, nobody takes care of it. that was a beautiful park that was totally run down. same with central park -- until a private group said, look, we'll take care of it. >> right. >> now they're immaculate. >> disclosure, i'm not involved with brian park. it used to look like that and today it's just crowded with people. they love it. people don't even know that it's privately run. >> so the point you're making then, when you look at history and what -- not our founding fathers, but f
john stossel joins us now to explain. happy thanksgiving. >> happy starvation day. >> tragedy of the commons. what do you mean by that? >> the phrase came from england originally where they said, let's share the commons. everybody brought their sheep to graze there. soon there was no grass and the sheep all died. the principle of the commons, like the song and everywhere i can get people to sing that song, is that parks, they're good 'cause they're public and we share it. but...
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john: that is our show tonight. ♪ >> and now john stossel. ♪ john: happy halloween. what scares you? that thing scares me as much as big government and central planning. this is obamacare. this kind of micromanagement takes our money and limits our freedom. government cannot even count votes accurately. now they're going to manage o health care? of few weeks ago the president address the failure of this website and made one point that is absolutely true. >> the affordable care act is not just a website. it is much john: right. this is so much more. the failure of the on-line exchanges, just a symptom of this disease. government micromanagement. they cannot make a website work, and yet for years the private company offer something called e-health. millions of people go there and comparison shop. many buy insurance. the website lists different companies, prices, deductibles, havenrolled more than 2 million people. policy analyst john goodman points out that they will enroll the entire country is given the freedom to do so. but government says no. e-health is private. n
john: that is our show tonight. ♪ >> and now john stossel. ♪ john: happy halloween. what scares you? that thing scares me as much as big government and central planning. this is obamacare. this kind of micromanagement takes our money and limits our freedom. government cannot even count votes accurately. now they're going to manage o health care? of few weeks ago the president address the failure of this website and made one point that is absolutely true. >> the affordable care...
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john: that is our show tonight. ♪ >> and now john stossel. ♪ john: happy halloween. what scares you? that thing scares me as much as big government and central planning. this is obamacare. this kind of micromanagement takes our money and limits our freedom. government cannot even count votes accurately. now they're going to manage our health care? of few weeks ago the presint address the failure of this website and made one point that is absolutely true. >> the affordable care act is not just a website. it is much more. john: right. this is so much more. the failure of the on-line exchanges, just a symptom of this disease. government micromanagement. they cannot make a website work, and yet for years the private company offer something called e-health. millions of people go there and comparison shop. many buy insurance. the website lists different companies, prices, deductibles, have enrolled more than 2 million people. policy analyst john goodman points out that they will enroll the entire country is given the freedom to do so. but government says no. e-healths priv
john: that is our show tonight. ♪ >> and now john stossel. ♪ john: happy halloween. what scares you? that thing scares me as much as big government and central planning. this is obamacare. this kind of micromanagement takes our money and limits our freedom. government cannot even count votes accurately. now they're going to manage our health care? of few weeks ago the presint address the failure of this website and made one point that is absolutely true. >> the affordable care...
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john stossel take as close look at a new report, war on the little guy. >> your lift has arrived. >> thousands of people already do that. thanks to new cell phone technology that let's ordinary car owners offer people who want a ride open an application, this one is called lift. others include side car. they press a button and that flags a nearby driver. in this case, me. >> we got one. >> lyft makes this drivers put ridiculous mustache on our cars. it's a gimmick person who wants a pickup spot the car. i also have the passenger' phone number. >> your destination is on the left. >> and his name. tim? >> unlike normal cabs, lyft invite passengers to get in the front seat. >> welcome. >> welcome, thank you. >> is this your first lyft. >> my first lyft, yeah. >> where are you headed? >> he signed up because it's cheaper than taxis more than 20% cheapers. >> i have friends use them and they raved about it. >> you can watch the entire war on the little guy with john stossel tonight at 9:00 p.m. right here on the fox news channel. we'll be right back. >> and welcome to america's news headq
john stossel take as close look at a new report, war on the little guy. >> your lift has arrived. >> thousands of people already do that. thanks to new cell phone technology that let's ordinary car owners offer people who want a ride open an application, this one is called lift. others include side car. they press a button and that flags a nearby driver. in this case, me. >> we got one. >> lyft makes this drivers put ridiculous mustache on our cars. it's a gimmick person...
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. >> john stossel, channel two news at. >> i criticize business, called for government regulation to protect you from ads like this one. and the world's smallest air-conditioner. >> we tried it out in the smallest room we could find, we ran air-conditioner for half an hour in the telephone booth and it went up 2 degrees. >> what a rip off. there ought to be a law or rule or government way to stop scams like that sometimes politicians pass laws because of my reporting. once they created a department of consumer affairs after my exposÉ. and i want more emmys but then i stayed and watched regulators work and i watched politicians brag about laws like osha and the occupational safety and health law. and they showed this chart and thank goodness for government regulation. except when it took time to check this out the slope of the line was about the same. when people are free, it gets better without endless rule as we get richer and people care more about safety. so governments pretend that they lead the parade. free markets save more lives in government ever well. and government regulat
. >> john stossel, channel two news at. >> i criticize business, called for government regulation to protect you from ads like this one. and the world's smallest air-conditioner. >> we tried it out in the smallest room we could find, we ran air-conditioner for half an hour in the telephone booth and it went up 2 degrees. >> what a rip off. there ought to be a law or rule or government way to stop scams like that sometimes politicians pass laws because of my reporting....
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. >> john stossel, channel two news at. >> i criticize business, called for government regulation to protect you from ads like this one. and the world's smallest air-conditioner. >> we tried it out in the smallest room we could find, we ran air-conditioner for half an hour in the telephone booth and it went up 2 degrees. >> what a rip off. there ought to be a law or rule or government way to stop scams like that sometimes politicians pass laws because of my reporting. once they created a department of consumer affairs after my exposÉ. and i want more emmys but then i stayed and watched regulators work and i watched politicians brag about laws like osha and the occupational safety and health law. and they showed this chart and thank goodness for government regulation. except when it took time to check this out the slope of the line was about the same. when people are free, it gets better without endless rule as we get richer and people care more about safety. so governments pretend that they lead the parade. free markets save more lives in government ever well. and government regulat
. >> john stossel, channel two news at. >> i criticize business, called for government regulation to protect you from ads like this one. and the world's smallest air-conditioner. >> we tried it out in the smallest room we could find, we ran air-conditioner for half an hour in the telephone booth and it went up 2 degrees. >> what a rip off. there ought to be a law or rule or government way to stop scams like that sometimes politicians pass laws because of my reporting....
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melissa: if you could not tell that was john stossel. i recognize the voice you took to the streets to see how much "spare change" he could get posing as up panhandler i did not recognize you they did a good job but i feel that people with no your voice anywhere. but one of the most interesting things that you came up with? we will look at clap number one. >> they gave me money when my signs of homeless or cold even when i changed it to need a beer. >> thank you. melissa: need a beer was successful? which was the most successful? >> it was not a scientific test site just tried it i got it at about the same rate with each signed. maybe people don't read this line or they just want to give to someone sitting there. just illustrates what the homeless services people say almost all are not necessarily it need those looking to get money for alcohol and you are not doing them a favor. their plight there are better ways don't give to people like. melissa: you are so cynical. is it easier than you thought? >> it was more the a minimum-wage. mayb
melissa: if you could not tell that was john stossel. i recognize the voice you took to the streets to see how much "spare change" he could get posing as up panhandler i did not recognize you they did a good job but i feel that people with no your voice anywhere. but one of the most interesting things that you came up with? we will look at clap number one. >> they gave me money when my signs of homeless or cold even when i changed it to need a beer. >> thank you. melissa:...